«With job growth holding steady, prospective buyers can handle any gradual rise in mortgage rates — especially if today's
stronger labor market finally leads to a boost in wages and homebuilding accelerates to alleviate supply shortages and slow price growth in some markets.»
Finally, «Next Generation» accountability systems should adhere to the following five essentials: «(a) state, district, and school leaders must create a system - wide culture grounded in «learning to improve;» (b) learning to improve using [the aforementioned informational systems also] necessitates the [overall] development of [students»]
strong pedagogical data - literacy skills; (c) resources in addition to funding — including time, access to expertise, and collaborative opportunities — should be prioritized for sustaining these ongoing improvement efforts; (d) there must be a coherent structure of state - level support for learning to improve, including the development of a
strong Longitudinal Data System (LDS) infrastructure; and (e) educator
labor market policy in some states may need adjustment to support the above elements» (p. x).